linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] drivers/IB,qib: do not use mmap

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:19:03 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Cc:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        dledford@...hat.com, jack@...e.de, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dennis.dalessandro@...el.com, mike.marciniszyn@...el.com,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] drivers/IB,qib: do not use mmap_sem

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:50:05AM -0800, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > .. and I'm looking at some of the other conversions here.. *most
> > likely* any caller that is manipulating rlimit for get_user_pages
> > should really be calling get_user_pages_longterm, so they should not
> > be converted to use _fast?
> 
> Is this a question?  I'm not sure I understand the meaning here?

More an invitation to disprove the statement

Jason